Dale Eaglesham

Dale Eaglesham
Born 1962 (age 53–54)
Nationality Canadian
Area(s) Penciller
Notable works
 Fantastic Four
Green Lantern, vol. 3
JSA, vol. 3
Villains United
Awards

2008 Shuster Awards: Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist of the year

Wizard Fan Appreciation Awards for Villains United: Best Miniseries and Best Special
http://www.daleeaglesham.com

Dale Eaglesham is a comic book illustrator who has been working in the industry since 1986. He is best known for his work on titles like Conan, Punisher, Green Lantern, Villains United, Justice Society of America and Fantastic Four. In 2008, the Shuster Awards selected him as Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist of the year.

Career

Eaglesham has worked with DC Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse, and CrossGen, among others. He worked exclusively for DC Comics[1] for several years, before returning to Marvel in early 2009.[2] There, his high-profile work includes pencilling the Fantastic Four[3] and Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier. He also worked on Incredible Hulk for a three-issue arc with writer Greg Pak.[4]

On February 15, 2011, Marvel announced that it was bringing back Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, with writers Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak as the writing team, and Eaglesham on pencils. Speaking about the project, the Canadian artist said "I'm pretty excited to build a Canadian superteam into a force in the mainstream...there's a lot of depth to these characters and a lot of potential. If there's anything different in my approach at all, it'll be an authenticity to the locales because this is where I live."[5]

One notable feature of Eaglesham's work for the first two years of his return to Marvel was that his projects were uninked, in other words colored and shot directly from his finished pencils.[6] His work on Fantastic Four and Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier also earned him the nickname "The Evolutionary Jack Kirby," referring to Eaglesham's ability to keep his art fresh and innovative while paying homage to classic comic book art.[7][8][9]

Previous work for DC Comics included the acclaimed Villains United series, which was written by Gail Simone. He is also known for his work inaugurating Batman: Gotham Knights, as well as his two-year run on Green Lantern, which included the landmark issue #150 featuring Jim Lee’s new Kyle Rayner costume and the “Hate Crimes” story arc featured in the New York Times and on the Phil Donahue talk show. He wrapped up his award-winning run on Justice Society of America in December 2008, with his final issue released in April 2009.

Awards

2008 Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist (for Justice Society of America #2-4, 6-7, 9-11[10])

Bibliography

Acclaim

DC

Variant cover for the second printing of Villains United #1 featuring Eaglesham's uninked pencils.
Cover for Punisher Year One #1, painted over Eaglesham's pencils.

Marvel

Other publishers

Notes

  1. ↑ Eaglesham, Kramer Sign DC Exclusives (press release), Newsarama, November 18, 2005
  2. ↑ NYCC '09 - Dale Eaglesham on His Marvel Exclusive, Newsarama, February 8, 2009
  3. ↑ http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6808
  4. ↑ Eaglesham Smashes Onto "Incredible Hulk", Comic Book Resources, November 12, 2010
  5. ↑ Marvel's Next Big Thing: Alpha Flight, Comic Book Resources, February 15, 2011
  6. ↑ State of the Art: DALE EAGLESHAM's FF Innovation, Newsarama, August 5, 2009
  7. ↑ David's Stack, Multiversity Comics, July 8, 2010
  8. ↑ Multiversity Comics Presents: Dale Eaglesham, Multiversity Comics, December 2, 2010
  9. ↑ 2010 in Review: Best Mini-Series, Multiversity Comics, December 23, 2010
  10. ↑ 2008 Nominees and Winners. The Joe Shuster Awards. Retrieved December 28, 2011.

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External links

Interviews

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